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Explanation:
He compares the poem to the moon, mainly because of the moon's slow, and gracious movement on the sky. According to the poet, "<span>Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves" is the description of how the poem should slowly and carefully flow to the end, just like the moon during a winter night. Poem should be motionless - should capture reader's attention, and entangle him in it completely. </span>
In Irving's "Rip van Winkle," the protagonist falls asleep and then wakes up many years ago, as an old man and sees that everything has changed.
This is an important piece of work for the American mythology - Irving used the method of a short story to convey these myths and legends. The characteristics that are implemented in this story are - it is set in the distant, maybe even non-existent past; strange, exaggerated characters are in it; there is also a positive message about a nation and its people. These characteristics make the reader fall in love with the story faster, and they will forever remember it.